Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quadrigrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quadri-grade
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of four vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).

Etymology

From quadri- + grade. Compare Japanese 四段 (yodan).

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

monograde bigrade pentagrade

Questions

What does quadrigrade mean?
Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of four vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).
Where does quadrigrade come from?
From quadri- + grade. Compare Japanese 四段 (yodan).

How to pronounce quadrigrade

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